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as in to gun
to strike with a missile from a gun
hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season
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as in to fly
to proceed or move quickly
some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope
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as in to photograph
to take a photograph of
shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted
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as in to cast
to throw or give off
suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks
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as in to shout
to voice one's opinions freely with force
you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot
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as in to sprinkle
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
hazel eyes that were brown shot with green
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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news
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as in ache
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
there'd be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down
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as in to soar
to rise abruptly and rapidly
gas prices shot up seemingly overnight
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Recent Examples of shoot
Eduardo Razo, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
That July, police captain Robert Melton was shot and killed as police were responding to a drive-by shooting and subsequent police chase.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Baker went on to make solo feature Prince of Broadway in 2008 and in 2010, prior to the shoot of his next film Starlet in 2011, the pair spent more than a month in Taiwan working on the project again.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
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Verb
What began as Kelce shooting his shot soon turned into a relationship — and now, the two are engaged.
—Eduardo Razo, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
That July, police captain Robert Melton was shot and killed as police were responding to a drive-by shooting and subsequent police chase.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
But that is not to say that the weeklong shoot wasn’t physically demanding.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Baker went on to make solo feature Prince of Broadway in 2008 and in 2010, prior to the shoot of his next film Starlet in 2011, the pair spent more than a month in Taiwan working on the project again.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoot
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People with the infection can require intensive medical care, and even limb amputation, and 1 in 5 people with the infection die.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The skeleton was nearly complete, missing only the tail and some limb bones, and the skull was in such good condition that its teeth still bore a coating of enamel, Novas said.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Symptoms of Chagas disease include fever, fatigue, body aches, headache, rash, loss of appetite, diarrhea, vomiting, and eyelid swelling.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Fanning — a young performer long admired for her precision and emotional intelligence on screen — brings a quiet ache and layered restraint to the role.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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Plant out transplants of broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and cauliflower later in the month if the weather cools.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Sep. 2025
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This latter interpretation recalls Persephone’s yearly return from the underworld or another myth in which a pomegranate sprouts from drops of Dionysus’s blood after his death, heralding his resurrection.—
Demir Alp,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Aug. 2025
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In the second photo, Ramsay removed the bandage to reveal stitches from his ear to the start of his jaw.—
Sara Vallone,
Miami Herald,
1 Sep. 2025
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In the second image, Ramsay put his stitches on display after doctors removed a basal cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Poor people know the intimate, badgering pangs of hunger, but in Ireland, the memory of the 1845-1848 Famine—the Great Hunger, when one million died from starvation and disease, and another million emigrated—still aches.—
Philip Metres
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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Even clean, quiet moments are disrupted with intrusive thoughts, a pang of anxiety appearing when one least expects it.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
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The latter approach takes into account their friend’s real difficulties while remaining hopeful that there is a way forward through the pain.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Adam Duford, owner of Surf City Tours in Santa Monica, California, has been feeling the pain of a tourism downturn, too.—
Natasha Chen,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
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The hint of acidity and tingle of mild green chiles is just what this dish needs to cut through the richness of the melty cheese.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
26 Aug. 2025
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The tingle of lemongrass, kaffir lime and galangal ride the sour pop that springs right up into your sinuses and evokes fragrant memories of Thailand.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Chesterton lost to Penn in a Class 4A regional championship match last season despite winning the first two sets, and the sting of that defeat pushes Parrish and her teammates.—
Dave Melton,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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The sting resulted in the arrest of two men over suspicion of copyright infringement in El Sheikh Zayed City near the Greater Cairo metro area.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Shoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoot. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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